Man&#39;s garter



arch l@ 1931. H. c, Roon 1,796049 MAN S GARTER Filed June 4, 1930 INV ENTOR.

TORNEY Patented Mar. 10, 1931 y UNITED STATES HAROLD C. ROOD, FFAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT MAIN S GARTEB.

Application filed June 4, 1930. Serial N'O. 459,148.

This invention relates to hose supporters, and more particularly, tomens garters.

Heretofore, it was proposed to provide a pair of garters for supportingmens hosein I which each garter of the pair was exactly the same andcould be used optionally either for the right or left leg and yet havethe fastening means on the detachable end of v the leg-encircling bandalways located at the inner side of the leg.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved garter of thegeneral type above described which is more satisfactory in use, longerwearing and yet which may be manufactured economically.

With these ends in view, the present invention consists of an improvedgarter for mens hose or socks having certain details of constructionas'will be hereinafter de- 'M20 scribed and pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate one embodiment of thisinvention, ,e that at present preferred- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a garter made in accordance with this invention arranged to be wornon the right leg.

VFig. 2 is a front viewof the garter shown M in Fig. 1, but inverted sothat it may be worn on the left leg, the hose-engaging clasp having beenrotated approximately 180 from the position in which it is located inFig. 1 indicated in dot-and-dash lines to the position shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale taken diametricallythrough the pad.

' In the yembodiment of my invention shown herein,the garter comprises aleg-encircling I band 10 'having an end 11 sewed to a pad 12 andhavingat its otherY end 13 a fastening loop 14 and intermediate its ends 11and 13 a sliding buckle 15 for lengthening or shortening the band to fitthe wearers leg. This fastening loop 14 is adapted'to be slid over i l5and catch onto a stud 16 having aI head 17 and carried by the pad 12 tothereby fasten the end 13 of the band or web 10 to the leg of thewearer. Y

The garter has any usual or suitable form k59 of stocking grippingdevice 18 which may be carried on a fabric band 19, which according tothis invention passes through a slot 20 in a metal eye 21 carried by thestud 16.

One of the salient features of the present invention is the provision ofimproved means 5- for mounting the stud 16 on the pad 12 whereby none ofthe parts protrudes toward the leg of the wearer thereby avoiding thediscomforture to the wearer andl undue wear of the pad which resultswhen the leg-engaging surface of the pad is not substantially flatandsmooth.

A further feature of this invention is the arrangement of the parts sothat the metal eye 21 of the stocking grip )ing device will not rub uponand wear the abric of the pad and whereby the fabric band 19 of thesuspension member is kept from unduly rubbing against the parts of thepad so that the fabrics will not quickly become worn and frayed.

To this end, the pad 12 is made up of two layers 12a and 12b of fabric,the latter preferably having a soft surface 120 (such as is produced bythe use of Canton flannel) to en gage the leg of the wearer, and beingapplied after the stud 16 has been assembled on the part 12al of thepad. The stud 16 is riveted to this pad and for this purpose has areduced rear end of neck 22 which passes through a metal plate 23 at theouter surface of the layer 12a of the pad and through a washer 24 at theinner surface of the layer 12a of the pad. When the neck 22 of the studis passed throughthe apertures in the metal plate 23 and washer 24 andthrough the layer 12a, a shoulder 25 on the stud is brought into firmengagementwith the outer surface of the plate 23 and then the end of theneck 22 is peened or spun over to form a rivet head 26.

If the plate 23 and the washer 24 were made 90 substantially fiat asheretofore, the head 26 of the stud would protrude beyond the rearsurface of the layer 12a of the pad and would produce a hump on thelayer 12b of the pad when the latter is put in place with the resultthat pressure would be brought to bear on one spot of the wearers leg tohis discomfort, and the slipping movement of the garter on the leg wouldsoon cause the layer 12b of the pad to be worn through so that the metalhead 26 would ultimately directly engage the leg of the wearer.

To avoid this, it was previously proposed to sew a metal piece carryingthe stud to the pad, but in such case the threads may break or be wornthrough by constant rubbing thereagainst by the outer garment of thewearer.

The difficult-y has been avoided by the present invention by embossingthe metal plate 23 so that it has a central raisedy portion 27 whenviewed from the rear and forming a recess in which the layer12a of thepad 12 along with the washer 24 may lie as shown in Fig. 3. Likewise,the washer 24 has a recess 28 in which the spun-over head 26 of the stud16 is completely located and hence does not protrude beyond the plane ofthe rear surface of the pad member 12a. By forcing the pad into thedepression in the rear face 'of the metal plate 23 by the washer 24, theplate is held firmly to the pad against rotation which, if permitted,would cause the fabric of the pad to be worn particularly by the edgeofthe plate 23.

Of course in assembling the garter, the eye 21 is placed on the stud 16before the neck 22 is inserted through the plate 23 and washer 24 beforethe stud is riveted over, andv after the parts are assembled on thelayer 12a of the pad, the member 12b is secured thereto by rows ofstitching 29 which, at the same time, may fasten the end 11 of theelastic web 10 to the pad if the end is inserted between the parts12a-and 12b before they are sewed together. Y

The embossing of the metal plate 23 has a further advantage-namely,that'of prevent- .ing the fabric'band 19 from being'worn by rubbingagainst the pad, for, as indicated in Fig. 3, the slot 2O of the eye 21is located beyond the raised portion 27 and thereby spaces the fabricband 19 from the adjacent metal plate 23 and pad 12.

The eye 21, according to the present invention, is loosely mounted onthe stud 16 having its aperture 30 larger'than the stud so Vthat it canfreely rotate from the position shown in dot-and-dash lines in Fig. 2 tothat shown in full lines`,for oscillate in either one way or theother'in either of these positions. Normally, the eye '21 is unconfined`against lateral movement or floating movement on the stud 16 except bythe plate 23 and the head 17 of the stud. In thisway, it is so freely.mounted on the stud that, due to their weight, the fabric band 19 andstocking clasp l18 will fall perpendicularly from the garter, with theeye 21', of their own accord.

Yet, the'eye 21 does not completely fill the space on the stud betweenthe head 17 and the plate 23, for in addition to the eye 21, the stud isalso adapted to be engaged by the fastening loop 14 which is slidbetween the head 17 of the stud and the plate 23 when the garter isfastened to the leg of the wearer. Even when the eye 21 and fasteningloop 14 are located on the stud at the same time, the eye 21 has limitedlateral movement and by pressing against the fastening loop 14 tends tohold the same on the stud against accidentally slipping off.

Variations and modifications may be made within the scope of thisinvention and portions ofthe improvements may be used without others. Y'

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and forwhich it is desired to obtain Letters-Patent, is

1. A mans garter having a leg band; a fabric pad attached to one end ofthe leg band; a fastening loop attached to the other end of the legband; a stud on the pad for engagement with the fastening loop; a metaleye rotatablymounted on the stud; a fabric g.

raised central portion adapted tofbe engaged y,

by the metal eye to keepl the latter from wearing the fabric pad and tospace the fabric band from the pad to keep the band and pad from wearingeach other.

2. A mans garter having a leg band; a e Y fabric pad attached to one endof the leg band; a fastening loop attached to the other end of the legband; a stud on the pad for engagement with the fastening loop; a metaleye rotatably mounted on the'stud and carrying a stocking clasp; and ametal plate on the stud between the metal eye and the fabric pad to keepthe formerY from wearing the fabric pad by its movementV on the studrelative to the pad, said metal plate being secured to the pad by thestud.

3. A mans garter having a leg band; a fabric pad attached to one end ofthe leg band; a fastening loop attached to the other end of the legband; a shouldered stud on the pad for engagement withthe fasteningloop; a metal plate on the stud located between the shoulder thereof andthe Vpad and secured to the latterby thestud, said plate ,having acentral concave portion; and a washer havinga raised portion for forcingparts. ofthe fabric of the pad into said concave portion when the raisedportion of the washer is pressed into the central concave portion of theVmetal plate in making the garter.

4. A mans garter having al leg band a fabric pad attached to'one end ofthe leg band; a fasteningl loop attached to the other end of the legband; a shouldered stud on the pad for engagement-with the fasteningloop; a metal plate on the stud located between the shoulder thereof andthe pad and secured to the latter by the stud, said plate having acentral concave portion; and a concavo-convex Washer having a convexportion fitting the central concave portion of the said plate forforcing part of the fabric of the pad into said concave portion of theplate when the end of the stud which protrudes through the Washer ispeened over to form a head in making the garter, said head lying Withinthe concave portion of the Washer.y

5. In a mans garter, a pad having a stud projecting from one surfacethereof, said pad being formed of two superposed parts; and means forriveting the stud to the pad comprising an outer plate and an innerWasher embracing the outer one of the superposed parts of the pad, saidWasher fitting Within a recess in said plate and havin a recess Withinwhich the riveted head o the stud lies completely, the other part of thepad covering the Washer and riveted head of the stud.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, this 3rd day of June, 1930.

HAROLD C. ROOD.

